Vinti Vaid

Today’s China is a symbol of growth. Spread across the country, hundreds and thousands of industries, most of them located in special purpose export hubs, have been leading China’s march on its way to becoming an economic powerhouse. While the smaller-scale industries are of the homebred variety, those in charge are local collaborators backed by massive multinational companies.

In past decades, as instances of Chinese cultural heritage leaving its shores increased at an alarming rate, so too did the growing concern amongst academicians about this.

The Chinese government saw that it needed to act quickly and effectively to reduce or halt this trend. Hence, after prolonged reviews of existing cultural rules, new stringent guidelines have come into effect. These are applicable to on-site survey and on-site data collection by overseas surveyors. These laws, called Intangible Cultural Heritage, will come into effect from June 1st, 2011.

Over the last decade, China has been on the fast track to creating universities that will rank as world-class centers of education and seats of higher learning.

The clarion call for reducing carbon emissions was given to the industrialized world nearly 21 years ago by the small group of Pacific Islands whose highest peak reaches a mere 5 meters above sea level.

These tiny self-sustaining islands, facing the brunt of global climate change, are shrinking fast because of the increase in global warming and the subsequent rise in the sea level. However, most of the industrialized nations are refusing to face the problem in its entirety and are merely paying lip service to being committed to the environment cause.

Yes is the resounding answer if one were to follow the work of Chinese scientists in the past few months.

A recent research and development project for greener batteries has led to the use of Montroseite, a mineral discovered half a decade ago in Montrose County, Colorado.

At the Chinese Hefei University of Science and Technology, Anhui, in November 2010 a group of scientists, led by Yi Xie, synthetically prepared Montroseite. This mineral is very similar in structure to the sea urchin yet demonstrates higher electrochemical properties in comparison to nanorod electrodes. The characteristics of the Montroseite make it ideal for anodes in batteries using aqueous lithium ions.

In just a short period of time, China’s mobile industry has gone from a mere follower-of-trends to the world’s biggest market for mobile phones, owning the largest telecommunications network in terms of capacity, and the highest number of subscribers.

During the past decade, Chinese telecoms experienced remarkable double-digit growth, unsurpassed in the industry.

Although it would be normal for people anywhere around the world to think that the center of focus for smartphones is in the United States, particularly in Apple Inc.’s California headquarters , they may be surprised to know that Asia is playing the biggest role of all.

The charred remnants of burned-down buildings flash across TV screens across the globe as people watched the aftermath of Thailand’s worst political crisis in 18 years. Shops and other business establishments have started to reopen as gridlock once again fills the roads.

The growth of South Korea as a major con¬tributor in the field of science, engineer¬ing and technology can be considered a story for many growing economies to emulate.

The continuous and huge investments made in hu¬man resource development and research activities have borne fruit by building a remarkable innovation system in the country.